St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-01

in severalty, that to redeem trade dol
lars, that to repeal the Tenure OF
office act, Postal bills and appropria.
tions, reflects high credit on Congress
as part of its second weeks work.
Besides this legislation, various sub
jects have been briefly discussed, such
as Interstate commerce, the Fisheries
the Tariff and the Beck Railroad At
torney bill. The latter!measure OF the
Kentucky Senator strikes at tbe rail
road Senators and Members, and its
aim is to prevent them from acting as
attorneys for subsidized railroad cor
porations while receiving salaries from
the Government.
When Col. Morrison called up the
Tariff, hush instantly fell over the
House and noise in the galleries ceased.
Ali eyes were turned upon him as be
arose to say, Mr.. Speaker, move that
the House resolve itself into commit
tee OF the whole for the purpose of
considering revenue bills. The yeas
and nays We're then demanded, and
dulng the roll call absolute silence
regned in the Hall, and many mem-
bers with pencil in hand were figuring
up the vote. Messrs. Morrison and
Randall were apparently the calmest
men on the floor, each leaning back in
his chair within a few feet of each
other, whsle now and then a remark
was exchanged between them. When
it was announced that the motion was
lost, there was applause on the Re-
publican side. Mr. Morrson's PROPOSE
ton was voted down by the small ma
jority of five this time, while last June
it was defeated by seventeen.
The Senate's repeal of the Tenure of
Office act restores to the President the
right of removing Federal officers at
any time. The House will probably
pass the bill with but little discussion
and SO it will likely become law be-
fore the fourth of March. The Presi-
dent will then be free from all re-
of a legal character in removing
Republican officials.
The law was enacted when Congress |
was overwhelmingly Republican in !
both branches, to handicap the indie
pendent course of President Johnson in |
Republicans from office As
It was designed specially to fit Mr..
]ohnson's case, few Republicans had |
any further use for the laws after Gen.
Grant became president and they made
several attempts to repeal it. On those
occasions the Democrats did not urge.
Is was natural for them, that what was
aw for Johnson must be law for Grant,
ont contended for the repeal of the act
IN constitutional grounds in company
With Morton and Sherman, Butler and
logan and other Republicans.
Senator Edmunds made two violent
peeches against repeating the act.
.ver since lhe famous controversy of
asst winter between him and the Presi-
ent which began with such flourish
f trumpets and ended SO ingloriously
or Mr. Edmunds, the latter becomes
whenever the: matter of
rights as opposed to the
laims OF the Senate is brought before
i'm. He at once begins to rant about
living the Executive the 'kingly pow
r and the corruption that will follow /
is right of removal.
1t would give inexpressibe comfort
, politicians all over the country If the
tiers that men write. like the good
ley do, were inferred with their
ones A fifteen year old letter of
en-. Grants, showing his disbelief in
le sincerity of Gen. Logan's republic r
lnism, has just come to light. Who =
ants to have his opinions published F
teen years after they were uttered e.
nd if Gen. Grant didlsuspect the parti-
n loyalty Of Gen. Logan then, be Q
ould not now, for the Illinois Senator
Is changed his base since then as
as has Senator Sherman his 3
ews on the Tenure of office act. The u
lily Ohio Senator is recorded in Con- A
ess andon the stump as one OF the
rliest advocates of its unconditional
peal. This was On the ground that
e only possible motto of political par
IS in Il Republic is to the vctors be-
ng' everything. Imagine the sur
Use Of his associates last Friday when -
nator Sherman voted in the mega NJ
e! NJ
The program of the Presidents New 60
Ear reception at the White House has
Ell arranged like those of former
ars. The Comptroller of the Treasu-